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Alphabetical List
Faculty and staff are listed here in alphabetical order.
Or, see the faculty and academic staff listed according to Field of Study.


[A ] [B ] [C ] [D ] [E ] [F ] [G ] [H ] [I ] [J ] [K ] [L ] [M ] [N ] [O ] [P ] [Q ] [R ] [S ] [T ] [U ] [V ] [W ] [X ] [Y ] [Z ]


Theo van den Hout, Chairman of the Department

Osama Abu-Eledam, Lecturer of Arabic Language
Kagan Arik
, Lecturer in Uzbek
Orit Bashkin, Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History
Lanny D. Bell, Associate Professor of Egyptology, Emeritus
Robert D. Biggs, Professor of Assyriology, Emeritus
Scott Branting, Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
Menachem Brinker, Henry Crown Professor of Modern Hebrew Language and Literature, Emeritus
John A. Brinkman, Charles H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Mesopotamian History, Emeritus
Richard L. Chambers , Associate Professor of Turkish History and Language, Emeritus
Miguel Civil, Professor of Sumerology, Emeritus
Stuart Creason, Lecturer in Aramaic
Robert Dankoff, Professor of Turkish, Emeritus
Fred M. Donner, Professor of Near Eastern History
Peter F. Dorman, Professor of Egyptology
Muhammad Eissa , Lecturer in Arabic Language
Walter Farber, Professor of Assyriology
Ariela Finkelstein, Senior Lecturer in Modern Hebrew
Cornell Fleischer, Kanuni Suleyman Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies
Noha Forster, Lecturer of Arabic Language
Saeed Ghahremani, Senior Lecturer of Persian
McGuire Gibson, Professor of Mesopotamian Archaeology
Petra Goedegebuure, Assistant Professor of Hittitology

Norman Golb, Ludwig Rosenberger Professor of Jewish History and Civilization
Gene B. Gragg, Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Linguistics, Emeritus
Hripsime Haroutunian, Lecturer in Armenian
Rebecca Hasselbach, Assistant Professor of Comparative Semitics
Kay Heikkinen, Lecturer of Arabic
Harry A. Hoffner, John A. Wilson Professor of Hittitology, Emeritus
Halil Inalcik, University Professor of Ottoman History, Emeritus
Janet H. Johnson, Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology
W. R
aymond Johnson, Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
Wadad Kadi, The Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Islamic Studies
Carolyn G. Killean, Associate Professor of Arabic, Emerita
Franklin Lewis, Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature
Heshmat Moayyad, Professor of Persian Language and Literature
Nadine Moeller, Assistant Professor of Egyptian Archaeology
Amina Mohamed, Lecturer of Arabic
Farouk Mustafa, Ibn Rushd Professorial Lecturer in Modern Arabic Language
Ertuğrul Ökten, Lecturer of Turkish
Hratch Papazian, Lecturer of Egyptology
Dennis G. Pardee, Professor of Northwest Semitics
John R. Perry, Professor of Persian, Emeritus
Tahera Qutbuddin, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature
Seth F. C. Richardson, Assistant Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History
Robert Ritner, Professor of Egyptology
Martha T. Roth, Professor of Assyriology
David Schloen, Associate Professor of Syro-Palestinian Archaeology
A. Holly Shissler, Associate Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish History
Gil Stein, Professor of Archaeology
Jaroslav Stetkevych, Professor of Arabic, Emeritus
Matthew W. Stolper, John A. Wilson Professor of Assyriology
William M. Sumner, Professor of Iranian Archaeology, Emeritus
Theo van den Hout, Professor of Hittite and Anatolian Languages
Edward F. Wente , Professor of Egyptology, Emeritus
Donald Whitcomb, Research Associate (Associate Professor)
Christopher Woods, Assistant Professor of Sumerian
John E. Woods, Professor of Middle Eastern History
Aslihan K.Yener, Associate Professor of Anatolian Archaeology




Field of Study List
Faculty and staff are listed here according to the field of study.
Or, see the faculty and staff listed alphabetically.


Ancient Fields

Modern Fields


Lecturers

Professors Emeriti

Theo van den Hout, Chairman of the Department


Ancient Fields

Ancient Near East History

Seth F. C. Richardson , Assistant Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History

Archaeology

McGuire Gibson , Professor of Mesopotamian Archaeology
Scott Branting, Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
Nadine Moeller, Assistant Professor of Egyptian Archaeology
David Schloen
, Associate Professor of Syro-Palestinian Archaeology
Gil Stein , Professor of Archaeology
Donald Whitcomb
, Research Associate (Associate Professor), Islamic Archaeology
Aslihan K. Yener , Associate Professor of Anatolian Archaeology

Cuneiform

Walter Farber , Professor of Assyriology
Petra Goedegebuure, Assistant Professor of Hittitology
Martha T. Roth , Professor of Assyriology
Matthew W. Stolper, Professor of Assyriology
Christopher Woods,  Assistant Professor of Sumerian
Theo van den Hout , Professor of Hittite and Anatolian Languages

Egyptology

Peter F. Dorman , Professor of Egyptology
Janet H. Johnson , Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology
W. Raymond Johnson, Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
Robert Ritner , Professor of Egyptology

Hebrew Studies, Near Eastern Judaica, and Northwest Semitic Philology, Comparative Semitics

Norman Golb , Ludwig Rosenberger Professor of Jewish History and Civilization
Rebecca Hasselbach , Assistant Professor of Comparative Semitics
Dennis G. Pardee , Professor of Northwest Semitics


Modern Fields

Arabic

Fred M. Donner , Professor of Near Eastern History
Wadad Kadi , The Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Islamic Studies
Farouk Mustafa , Professorial Lecturer of Arabic

Tahera Qutbuddin, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature

Islamic History and Thought

Orit Bashkin , Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History
Fred M. Donner
, Professor of Near Eastern History
Cornell Fleischer , Professor of Islamic and Ottoman History
Wadad Kadi , The Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor of Islamic Studies
John E. Woods , Professor of Middle Eastern History

Hebrew Studies

Norman Golb , Ludwig Rosenberger Professor of Jewish History and Civilization

Persian

Heshmat Moayyad
, Professor of Persian
Franklin Lewis, Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature
John E. Woods, Professor of Middle Eastern History

Turkish

Cornell Fleischer, Professor of Islamic and Ottoman History
Holly Shissler, Associate Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish History

Lecturers

Osama abu-Eledam, Lecturer in Arabic
Kagan Arik, Lecturer in Uzbek
Stuart Creason, Lecturer in Aramaic
Muhammad Eissa, Lecturer in Arabic Language
Ariela Finkelstein, Senior Lecturer in Modern Hebrew
Noha Forster, Lecturer of Arabic Languages
Saeed Ghahremani, Senior Lecturer of Persian
Hripsime Haroutunian, Lecturer in Armenian
Kay Heikkinen, Lecturer of Arabic
Amina Mohamed, Lecturer of Arabic
Ertuğrul Ökten, Lecturer in Turkish Language

Hratch Papazian, Lecturer of Egyptology

Professors Emeriti

Lanny D. Bell , Associate Professor of Egyptology
Robert D. Biggs , Professor of Assyriology
Menachem Brinker , Henry Crown Professor of Modern Hebrew Language and Literature
John A. Brinkman , Charles H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Mesopotamian History
Richard L. Chambers , Associate Professor of Turkish History and Language
Miguel Civil , Professor of Sumerology
Robert Dankoff , Professor of Turkish
Gene B. Gragg , Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Linguistics
Harry A. Hoffner , John A. Wilson Professor of Hittitology
Halil Inalcik , University Professor of Ottoman History
Carolyn Killean , Associate Professor of Arabic
John Perry, Professor of Persian
Jaroslav Stetkevych , Professor of Arabic
William M. Sumner , Professor of Iranian Archaeology
Edward F. Wente , Professor of Egyptology